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Honestly this seems BS. Italian Cappuccino cup is small - 6 fl oz. You can handle it at 11am but not 4pm? And as other commenters said, how come Gelato is OK?

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The hypothesis of the video is that lactose intolerance is why they don't generally drink cappucinos after 11am.

But even a small amount of milk can create a large amount of flatus (gas). And now you're back in the office, in the middle of a meeting.

Come to think of it, not a bad idea: next time, cappucinos on the house at lunchtime for everyone! Maybe add a few milk-based Indian sweets to the snack tray too, for mutual enjoyment. Serve it all up "tout suite!" as the French say!

Traditional italians (more in the south nowadays) don't go into the office after lunch. They are doing their siesta, and just work longer after their sleep. I'm doing the same for the last years. So my italian lunch coffee (I got a proper machine) with crema helps me to digest my meal. But the siesta much more. But no Cappuccino after 3 of course.

Of my family two are lactose tolerant, and two not. Makes major differences in the milk used.

You are describing a long lunch break that has basically disappeared in most of the country. It survives almost exclusively among shopkeepers, who often will shut shop 12 to 3 or 12 to 4 (or even to 5, in tourist towns where they expect to work through the evening) and some extremely inefficient public services.

Yes exactly. I was wondering if I was misunderstanding something. If lactose intolerance (or malabosorbtion or whatever) is the problem, that seems unrelated to an 11am cutoff time. Would seem more reasonable to not drink milk-based coffee drinks at all or drink them towards the end of the day at home, etc. Also the tangent about stopping caffeine consumption at a particular time soas not to interfere with sleep seemed unrelated too.

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